even

About 564.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Flat and level.

   Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.

2. adjective Without great variation.

   Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.

3. adjective Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

   The distribution of food must be even.

4. adjective Of an integer, divisible by two.

   Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.

5. adjective Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
6. adjective On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
7. adjective On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

   You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.

8. adjective Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

Similar words

even out tied equal yet true steady straight justified fifty-fifty level

Often followed by

if the though in more when a to as with

Word family

evened evener eveners evenest evening evenly evenness evennesses evens get even